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### sec.76D Request for information for application
A provider or provider’s agent may request information about a prospective resident only if—
the information is of a type mentioned in section 76C (3) ; or
the information comprises no more than 2 documents in each of the following categories—
documents verifying the identity of the prospective resident;
documents about the prospective resident’s financial ability to pay rent;
documents about the suitability of the prospective resident for the rooming accommodation.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
However, a provider or provider’s agent must not request information about a prospective resident in relation to the following—
legal action taken by the prospective resident, including dispute resolution or matters considered by the tribunal;
a notice to remedy breach given to the prospective resident by a lessor or provider;
a notice to remedy breach given by the prospective resident to a lessor or provider;
the prospective resident’s history in relation to rental bonds, including any claim on a rental bond;
statements of credit accounts or bank accounts belonging to the prospective resident detailing transactions.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
s 76D ins 2024 No. 27 s 51
(sec.76D-ssec.1) A provider or provider’s agent may request information about a prospective resident only if— the information is of a type mentioned in section 76C (3) ; or the information comprises no more than 2 documents in each of the following categories— documents verifying the identity of the prospective resident; documents about the prospective resident’s financial ability to pay rent; documents about the suitability of the prospective resident for the rooming accommodation. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.76D-ssec.2) However, a provider or provider’s agent must not request information about a prospective resident in relation to the following— legal action taken by the prospective resident, including dispute resolution or matters considered by the tribunal; a notice to remedy breach given to the prospective resident by a lessor or provider; a notice to remedy breach given by the prospective resident to a lessor or provider; the prospective resident’s history in relation to rental bonds, including any claim on a rental bond; statements of credit accounts or bank accounts belonging to the prospective resident detailing transactions. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
- (a) the information is of a type mentioned in section 76C (3) ; or
- (b) the information comprises no more than 2 documents in each of the following categories— (i) documents verifying the identity of the prospective resident; (ii) documents about the prospective resident’s financial ability to pay rent; (iii) documents about the suitability of the prospective resident for the rooming accommodation.
- (i) documents verifying the identity of the prospective resident;
- (ii) documents about the prospective resident’s financial ability to pay rent;
- (iii) documents about the suitability of the prospective resident for the rooming accommodation.
- (i) documents verifying the identity of the prospective resident;
- (ii) documents about the prospective resident’s financial ability to pay rent;
- (iii) documents about the suitability of the prospective resident for the rooming accommodation.
- (a) legal action taken by the prospective resident, including dispute resolution or matters considered by the tribunal;
- (b) a notice to remedy breach given to the prospective resident by a lessor or provider;
- (c) a notice to remedy breach given by the prospective resident to a lessor or provider;
- (d) the prospective resident’s history in relation to rental bonds, including any claim on a rental bond;
- (e) statements of credit accounts or bank accounts belonging to the prospective resident detailing transactions.